The Chocolate Kiss Cafe is located at the Bahay ng Alumni ( R. Magsaysay St.) in UP Diliman, (first and second floor of the building). The difference between the 2 is that in the first floor, it is located outside the Bahay ng Alumni and closes early while the second floor is a more of a “date place” because there are performers in the evening thrice a week ( acoustic, piano/ guitar solo, etc..). The Chocolate Kiss Cafe opened in 1997, the second floor resto was the first then they opened the first floor area. Now they have their third branch, still in QC which is in Roces Ave ( in Pantranco). Continue reading →
The first and last time I went to Ilocos ( that was 2 or 3 years ago), I came across this Ilocos delicacy called Royal Bibingka. Of course, as a first time tourist I am up to the challenge of tasting the specialties of a particular location.
“Bibingka” is rice cake in English. The Royal Bibingka is not your usual kind of bibingka. It’s not puffy like Ferino’s, it’s actually sticky. This delicacy reminds me of gummy bears or better yet, tikoy 
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The one that I have here is from Marsha’s Delicacies. According to Torn’s blog, Tongson’s was the first royal bibingka maker in Ilocos then the Sister’s came. Marsha’s was just a late bloomer but is vastly becoming one of the visitors’ and Ilocanos’ favorites as well.
Sinigang na Sugpo
Sha’s cousin, Vieve, was craving for seafoods. Since we’re near Market! Market!, I suggested Trinity. 
At Trinity, you have to “market” first the food that has to be cooked. Then, you tell them how you want it to be cooked. Afterwards, you pay and finally, you wait the food to be served to you. 
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Popo, Hetty, Jollibee, Twirlie and Yum
Last Wednesday, I was at the JolliTV Launch held at Rockwell Tent. Ajay and Nina was also there at the event. I was able to take a sneak peek of the first episode of JolliTV which will air on April 13, 9:30am at GMA7. Of course, I won’t be giving any spoilers. Hehe. Continue reading →
Cucina, as the name itself implies, is a Spanish word however we also have that term ( it’s spelled in Filipino as kusina) which means kitchen. Probably the branding is for us to know that their cuisine is a mixture of Spanish and Filipino. It is located at the Food Choices in Glorietta 4.
We decided to have the promo meals: 2 viands + rice. I chose eggplant seafood tortilla ( in other words, it’s tortang talong with seafood filling) and lengua with mushroom sauce. The torta was half of the whole tortang talong. I can taste the seafood though I am just not sure what type of seafood was in it. It was ok, it was nothing really extraordinary about it. On the other hand, the lengua with mushroom sauce was also ok.
Overall rating of the food: hmm 3/5 stars. I could recommend this for people who would like to eat Spanish-Filipino food who are on the tight budget. Their promo meals are priced as Php 129.00 ( 2 viands+ rice) and Php 149.00 ( 2 viands+ rice+ drink). As for the proportion of the food,it was fulfilling .
If you’re looking for a Filipino casual dining restaurant you could probably try dining in Sentro. The restaurant is located at 2nd level of Greenbelt 3 ( it’s right across the fountain). The restaurant is actually a part of the Chateau chain of restaurants. If you’re familiar with Portico, and Chateau 1771, you could probably guess the quality of food there.
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